Arsène Lupin Versus Herlock Sholmes
“HERLOCK SHOLMES OPENS HOSTILITIES.
“WHAT DOES MONSIEUR WISH?” “Anything,” replied Arsène Lupin, like a man who never worries over the details of a meal; “anything you like, but no meat or alcohol.”
The waiter walked away, disdainfully.
“What? Still a vegetarian?” I exclaimed.
“More so than ever,” replied Lupin.
“Through taste, faith, or habit?”
“Hygiene.”
“And do you never fall from grace?”
“Oh! Yes … when I am dining out … and wish to avoid being considered ecce...ntric.”
We were dining near the Northern Railway station, in a little restaurant to which Arsène Lupin had invited me. Frequently he would send me a telegram asking me to meet him in some obscure restaurant, where we could enjoy a quiet dinner, well served, and which was always made interesting to me by his recital of some startling adventure theretofore unknown to me.MoreLess
“WHAT DOES MONSIEUR WISH?” “Anything,” replied Arsène Lupin, like a man who never worries over the details of a meal; “anything you like, but no meat or alcohol.”
The waiter walked away, disdainfully.
“What? Still a vegetarian?” I exclaimed.
“More so than ever,” replied Lupin.
“Through taste, faith, or habit?”
“Hygiene.”
“And do you never fall from grace?”
“Oh! Yes … when I am dining out … and wish to avoid being considered ecce...ntric.”
We were dining near the Northern Railway station, in a little restaurant to which Arsène Lupin had invited me. Frequently he would send me a telegram asking me to meet him in some obscure restaurant, where we could enjoy a quiet dinner, well served, and which was always made interesting to me by his recital of some startling adventure theretofore unknown to me.MoreLess
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